Image: Wedge-tailed Eagle wing
The wings of study skins are sewn into the specimen and can be broken off if an attempt is made to open them. For some specimens, a wing is detached from the skin during preparation and held separately in a spread position.
Detached wings, such as this one from a Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax, are stored in sealed plastic bags to protect them. They are very useful for studying the wing moult, colour, pattern and shape of a particular species.
- Photographer:
- Jaynia Sladek
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Scientific name:
- Aquila audax
- Family:
- Accipitridae
- Order:
- Accipitriformes
- Location:
- Ornithology
Additional information
O.70245 Aquila audax wing
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